The National Space Research and Development Agency )NASRDA) has completed the establishment of an Integrated Earthquake Monitoring Station at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.
The establishment of the station which began in 2024 consist of state-of-the-earth Trimble R750 GNSS Continuously Operating Reference Receiver and a Broadband Guralp Centimus Seismometer. These two infrastructure are integrated to provide for a robust monitoring of Geodynamic events, thus forming part of NASRDA Integrated Earthquake Monitoring Network.
The Ag. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Carol Arinze-Umobi expressed gratitude to the Director General of NASRDA Dr Matthew Adepoju for granting the approval to cite the Integrated Earthquake Monitoring Station in UniZik. She reminded NASRDA representative at the occasion that, she was instrumental during the site selection before becoming the Ag. Vice Chancellor. She charged the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics and Geophysics Department to ensure that the collaboration between the University and NASRDA is sustained through joint research collaboration in the use of data acquired from those two infrastructure.
The Director General/CEO of NASRDA, who was represented by the Director, NASRDA Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics, Dr Dodo Joseph, emphasised the importance of institutional collaborations and assured the University of the Director General’s commitment to working with Universities in delivering the dividends of democracy through Space Science and solving societal challenges such as Earthquake. The Director General pleaded with the University to jealously guard the infrastructure.
The highlight of the occasion was the signing of the MoU by the two institutions.